US20240170889A1 - Plug connector with cover and automatic positioning - Google Patents

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US20240170889A1
US20240170889A1 US18/282,525 US202218282525A US2024170889A1 US 20240170889 A1 US20240170889 A1 US 20240170889A1 US 202218282525 A US202218282525 A US 202218282525A US 2024170889 A1 US2024170889 A1 US 2024170889A1
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Simon Eiler
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Hirschmann Automotive GmbH
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/516—Means for holding or embracing insulating body, e.g. casing, hoods
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H01R13/62933—Comprising exclusively pivoting lever
    • H01R13/62938—Pivoting lever comprising own camming means
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
    • H01R13/50—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body
    • H01R13/501—Bases; Cases formed as an integral body comprising an integral hinge or a frangible part
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/64—Means for preventing incorrect coupling
    • H01R13/641—Means for preventing incorrect coupling by indicating incorrect coupling; by indicating correct or full engagement

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  • the invention relates to a plug connector with a first connector element and a second connector element, one of which is male and the other female.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to improve a plug connector of above-described type with regard to its handling.
  • the object is achieved by a housing in which a first connector element can be inserted and fixed and that has a space for receiving a second connector element that is pivotable on the housing by a cover that has locking and unlocking elements spaced apart from the pivot bearing and that can be contacted with support elements on the second connector element.
  • the locking and unlocking elements can be stops and the supporting elements can be pins.
  • the locking and unlocking elements on the second connector element and the support elements can alternatively or additionally be on the cover.
  • the cover can effect the contacting and fixing of the connector elements to one another.
  • the contacting can also be carried out by a service person, the cover then effecting the fixing and locking of the connector elements to one another
  • the locking stops on the cover engage behind the pins after insertion of the plug connector into the housing and partial pivoting of the cover, and that the locking stops engage behind the pins after insertion of the plug connector into the housing and partial pivoting of the cover.
  • Contacting and locking of the plug connector takes place by closing the cover.
  • the unlocking stops on the cover contact the pins on the second connector element, and the decoupling of the plug connector is effected by further opening of the cover.
  • the unlocking stops are made laterally resiliently on the cover and have feed bevels whose maximum transverse spacing corresponds at least to the end spacing of the pins on the second connector element, making contact with the first connector element by an operator and then nevertheless easily closing the cover and securing the connector elements against one another by the locking stops.
  • the cover has, at its end, projections that, after contacting the second connector element, engage behind the connector housing thereof, so that additional fixing of the second connector element to the housing takes place via the cover.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a plug connector with housing, cover, mounted first connector element and a second connector element prepared for contacting,
  • FIGS. 2 to 4 show assembly steps from the insertion of the second connector element into the housing as well as partial and complete closing of the cover
  • FIG. 5 shows a plug connector with a housing according to FIG. 1 , in which the second connector element has already been coupled with the first connector element,
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 show the closing process of the cover of a plug connector according to FIG. 5 ;
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 are detail views on an enlarged scale with showing the lateral resilience of the unlocking stops.
  • reference numeral 1 designates a housing in which a first connector element 2 is fixed. Adjacent the first connector element 2 , a space is provided in the housing 1 in which can fit a second connector element 3 here a pin plug.
  • a cover shown at 4 is pivotally mounted on the upper side of the housing 1 .
  • Locking stops 5 and unlocking stops 8 are provided on the cover 4 at a spacing from the pivot of the cover 4 .
  • Pins 7 designed in conjunction with the position of the locking stops 5 and unlocking stops 6 and of the second connector element 3 , are provided laterally on the second connector element 3 , so that, when the cover 4 is closed (see FIGS. 2 and 3 ), the unlocking stops 6 pass the pins 7 and the locking stops 5 come into engagement with the pins 7 and the second connector element 3 couples with the first connector element 2 , so that a contacting and locking of the plug connector according to FIG. 4 takes place.
  • the cover 4 is provided in the region of the cover end with projections 8 that, after complete closing of the cover 4 , engage behind the housing of the second connector element 3 and effect an additional locking of the second connector element 3 .
  • the projections do not serve for additional locking, but rather ensure that the plug-in system is fully plugged together.
  • the second connector element 3 according to FIG. 5 can also be contacted with the first connector element 2 by an operator without exercising inventive skill. Without the measures described below, the unlocking stops 6 would become jammed against the pins 7 , so that closure of the cover 4 necessary for its proper functioning would not be possible.
  • the unlocking stops 6 as shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 , have feed bevels 9 whose transverse spacing corresponds at least to the end spacing of the pins 7 .
  • the feed bevels 9 can pass the pins 7 and, when the cover 4 is further closed, elastically bend the unlocking stops 6 laterally apart, so that they can pass the pins 7 .
  • the unlocking attachment 6 as shown in FIG. 10 , is then positioned behind the pin 7 and ready for re-unlocking the second connector element 3 from the first connector element 2 .

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